And if two official statements from two different organization differ, what do you do? And if, of the two, the government is known to be a bad faith actor, how does that affect your answer? Organizations lie, that is a simple fact of life. You can either deal with it or bury your head in the sand.
What are the two differing statements? The primary statement to the applicant by the FDA is what matters. Everything else is irrelevant political commentary.